And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to read the book, neither to look thereon.

Not to worry:

And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.

Well, good: A Lion sounds like just the ticket, particularly if He has something to do with King David.

But then John turns and looks.

And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain…

Now, if that sudden shift of symbol doesn’t take your breath away, you might as well go be a heathen.

I once wondered why a taxi-driver nodded and waved at me as he drove by, until I realized he must have seen the front license plate.

Adam, going by what was sacrificed, I would suppose the analogies also include rams, bullocks, lambs, and turtledoves.

BTW, your link under “snake” to Hosea 5:14 mentions lion, but not a serpent/snake.

Is there another scriptural reference to a serpent as a type of Christ other than the “fiery serpent” that Moses lifted up (aside from other scrptures that refer back to Moses’ brass serpent)?